Anger Busting 101: The New ABCs for Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them

by Newton Hightower

The award winning Anger Busting 101 is the first book to use the acclaimed Recovery approach to solve anger problems. It gives you dozens of quick tops you can use every day to diffuse anger early on. Author Newton Hightower expertly combines personal stories with scientific research and solid clinical data to give angry men and their families the hope and the help they need. You learn simple ways to end the destructiveness, heal the wounds, and start living the life you really want for yourself and your family.

Genres: Self Help

208 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

Reviews

[Mabs Mitchell · Rating 2 out of 5]

While some of the advice is solid, Hightower's characterization and expectations of women are misogynistic and self-serving. No wonder this guy's marriages fail. His advice is flawed and reflect the era of his education; his credentials are massively outdated. If you want to be a dude that ignores his feelings and just expects women to be mindless puppets that compliment men when they are destructive, then this is the book for you. If you want to really grow, get a therapist that knows modern relationship expectations and will help you learn to express your feelings effectively without denying them.

[Storey Clayton]

Really too early to say what I think of this book. Some of the methods feel like they might work. On the other hand, it seems the real mechanism, the "how," is to fuel self-hatred and fear. Self-hatred and fear are super effective motivators, as Hightower says over and over again. But are they like a weight-loss drug where you shed tens of pounds, but can't keep it off?

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for men whose anger and rage behaviors are threatening their marriage, job or other family relationships.

Some pretty bitter pills to swallow, but would you rather be right or happy?